[Frank.Lin] > I am working in windows environment and I > want copy some files from a remote share folder.
> Now I want to let my script establish a > connection between NULL device name and a > shared resource then return a list of files > matching the given pattern and copy them > to local host It's not entirely clear exactly what you're trying to do. I'll present some (hopefully) useful tips based on a bit of guesswork. I'm assuming you're familiar with the various ways of copying things around (copy, xcopy, robocopy, Python's shutil module) but feel free to come back and ask if that's where the stumbling block is. WARNING: Code snippets are untested. -------------------------------------------- Guess 1) You're trying to copy, eg, \\server\share\*.txt to somewhere local, eg c:\temp. You could simply let the OS do the work for you: <code> import os os.system (r"copy \\server\share\*.txt c:\temp") </code> -------------------------------------------- Guess 2) You're trying to do something a bit more fancy which requires you to make a local connection to the remote share. NB You *don't* need to do this just to copy files, but let's imagine you have some other purpose in mind. You can use the win32wnet module from the pywin32 extensions to map the drive, and then use the os or any other technique to copy the files. <code> import win32wnet import win32netcon win32wnet.WNetAddConnection2 ( win32netcon.RESOURCETYPE_DISK, "Z:", r"\\server\share", None, None, None, 0 ) # then os.system (r"copy z:\*.txt c:\temp") or whatever </code> -------------------------------------------- Guess 3) You need to create an authenticated connection using the NULL device. (Re-reading, this is the most likely interpretation of your question). Use the win32wnet module again, this time passing in no device, but adding a username/password <code> import win32wnet import win32netcon win32wnet.WNetAddConnection2 ( win32netcon.RESOURCETYPE_DISK, None, r"\\server\share", None, "username", "password", 0 ) # then os.system (r"copy \\server\share\*.txt c:\temp") or whatever </code> ________________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star. The service is powered by MessageLabs. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit: http://www.star.net.uk ________________________________________________________________________ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list